Wedemark

Wedemark
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wedemark
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover (district)
Subdivisions	16 districts
Government
• Mayor	Tjark Bartels (SPD)
Area
• Total	173 km2 (67 sq mi)
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	29,814
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	30900
Dialling codes	05130, 05072, 05131
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.wedemark.de

Wedemark is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approx. 20 km north of Hanover. It ranks third on average per capita income in Lower Saxony.

Geography

Wedemark's neighbors are the municipalities Burgwedel, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Garbsen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lindwedel and Wietze (clockwise, beginning in the East).

Division of the town

Wedemark consists of 16 formerly independent villages, with a total of nearly 30,000 inhabitants all together.

Abbensen Bennemühlen Berkhof with Plumhof and Sprockhof Bissendorf Brelingen Duden-Rodenbostel Elze Gailhof Hellendorf

Meitze Mellendorf Negenborn Oegenbostel with Bestenbostel and Ibsingen Resse Scherenbostel with Schlage-Ickhorst and Wiechendorf Wennebostel Wennebostel-Wietze

Transportation

The motorway A7 (Hamburg - Hanover) marks the East border of Wedemark, whereas to the South the A352 runs. There are three train stations in Wedemark, namely in Bennemuehlen, Mellendorf and Bissendorf, with half-hourly services to Hanover during weekdays. In Mellendorf and Bennemuehlen there are also connecting trains on local line to Hamburg, with the line running through the Luneburg Heath, and the towns of Schwarmstedt, Hodenhagen, Walsrode, Bad Fallingbostel, Soltau and Schneverdingen along the line, taking a total of nearly three hours for 150km.

Weblinks

• offizielle Internetpräsenz der Gemeinde Wedemark (german)
• Historisches über den Gemeindeteil Elze (Wedemark) (german)
• http://www.wedemark.de/gemeinde/zadafa.htm